MS ESF-8 Healthcare Coalition (MEHC )

1. MS ESF-8 Healthcare Coalition (MEHC) May, 2014 Tammy Chamblee, RN, MA Homeland Security MEHC Coordinator

2. Objectives • Incorporate MEHC communication policies into the current ESF-8 section of the CEMP • Update contact information

3. Boston Marathon Bombing

4. 2012 Boston Marathon Bombing • Key Lessons Learned: • Speed of patient care outpaced information • Information sharing is paramount • Timely, accurate, transparent information 2013

5. Building the System of ESF-8 Communication Pathways During Emergencies

6. MS ESF-8 Healthcare Coalition (MEHC) State Level Strategic Communications Chart Governor State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) State Emergency Response Team (SERT) ESF-8 Emergency Coordinating Officer (ECO) Public Health Command Center (PHCC) Healthcare Coalition Task Force Lead State Level MEHC

7. MS ESF-8 Healthcare Coalition (MEHC) State Level MEHC Office of Field Services Mississippi Hospital Association (via SMARTT) MS State Dept. of Health Hospitals Office of Communicable Diseases VA Hospitals and Clinics Office of Health Services Military Hospitals Office of Health Policy/Planning MS Dept. of Corrections Office of Health Protection Long-term Care MS Health Care Assn. (MS HCA) Pharmacists MS State Board of Pharmacy (BOP) Independent Nursing Home Assn.(INHA) MS Pharmacists Assn. (MPhA) MS Assn for Assisted Living Facilities Assn. (ALFA) Assisted Living Facilities MS Board of Nursing Nurses Home Health Agencies MS Assn. for Home Care (Home Health) MS Nurses Association Dialysis Network-8 Physicians MS Board of Medical Licensure Hospice La-MS Hospice & Palliative Care Org. (LMHPCO) MS Medical Assn Health Care Facility Gaps MSDH Licensure MS Dental Assn Dentists MS State Board of Dentistry

8. Community Health Centers MS Primary Health Care Assn.(MPHCA) MS Division of Medicaid Medicaid Information Voc Rehab CLIENTS MS Dept. of Voc Rehab MS Dept. of Mental Health Mental Health Clinics Food Safety MS Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce/Bureau of Plant MS Dept. of Environmental Quality Sanitation Services Agricultural Theft & Consumer MS Dept. of Human Services General Population Sheltering MS Board of Animal Health MS Institutions of Higher Learning Special Medical Need Sheltering Animal Health Issues MS State Board of Community and Junior Colleges MS Vet Medical Association Fatality Management MS Funeral Directors Association MS Dept. of Public Safety Security MS Coroner’s Association MS Military Dept. Logistical support/ transportation support Office of the State Medical Examiner MS Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc Mississippi Mortuary Response Team (MMRT)

9. MEHCResponse Conference Calls

10. Status Report from Groups Push/Pull MS ESF-8 PH/Medical Situational Awareness

11. 1st day- no Sit rep2nd day-IAP; Sit-rep3rd day- etc………….

12. Cycle of Information • Threat of or actual event occurs • Email notification to MEHC • MEHC invitation to conf call if event warrants (Planning P) • Acceptance of invite is signature of meeting attendance • Conference Call (weather update/situation update/MEHC reports) • Detail reports from MEHC membership emailed into MEHC coord./asst. to capture in minutes. • End of shift cycle----meeting minutes/ESF-8 Situational Awareness report emailed out to MEHC partnership. • IAP/next day meeting invite sent

13. MEHCResponse Conference Calls

14. Value Proposition ELIMINATE: -Gaps in communication for collaborative ESF-8 partnership -Multiple models and lists of ESF-8 partners RAISE: -Value of information shared in terms of usefulness, accuracy, timeliness REDUCE: -Risk of miscommunication -Lack of communication -Inability to contact all ESF-8 partnership CREATE: -Timeliness of information -Transparency of information -Accuracy of information -Trust of ESF-8 leadership

15. April 2014 Tornado response

16. GAPS Private partners ???

17. “Alone, we can do so little. Together, we can do so much”Helen Keller ?